El topo
Directed by:
Alejandro JodorowskyScreenplay:
Alejandro JodorowskyComposer:
Alejandro JodorowskyCast:
Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfonso Arau, Bertha Lomelí, Brontis Jodorowsky, Julián de Meriche, David Silva, Agustín Isunza, Cecilia Leger, José Luis Fernández (more)VOD (1)
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A mind-blowing 'acid-western' which shocked and bedazzled audiences upon its controversial original release, El Topo single-handedly invented the American midnight movie phenomenon... Jodorowsky's most violent and notorious film sees the director play 'The Mole' of the title: a black-clad. master gunfighter. In the first half, El Topo journeys across the desert dreamscape with his young son (Brontis Jodorowsky) to duel with four sharp-shooting Zen masters, who each bestow a Great Lesson before they die. In the second half, El Topo becomes the guru of a subterranean tribe of deformed outcasts who he must liberate from depraved cultists in a neighbouring town. A countercultural masterpiece that ingeniously combines iconic Americana symbolism with Jodorowsky's own idiosyncratic surrealist aesthetic, El Topo is an incredible journey through nightmarish violence, mind-bending mysticism and awe-inspiring imagery. (Arrow Films)
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There are such great scenes here, incredibly imaginative, that I just can't rate it lower, but still, it's a weird movie that I was apprehensive about. My fears were well-founded. It's just such a strange film, such a strange western, but it has its own logic and great ideas. I'll have to watch it again sometime in the future because this is a film that deserves more viewings.
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